Nature (journal)/Volume 1/Number 9
A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
“To the solid ground
Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye.”—Wordsworth
No. 9]
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1869
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CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| A Deduction from Darwin's Theory. By Prof. W. Stanley Jevons. | 231 | |
| The State Telegraphs. | 232 | |
| The Gold Fields of Victoria. II. By A. Geikie, F.R.S. | 233 | |
| Oliver's Indian Botany. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley. | 234 | |
| Our Book Shelf. | 236 | |
| A Plea for the Mathematician. By Prof. Sylvester, F.R.S. | 237 | |
| Technical Education. | 239 | |
| Whence Come Meteorites? | 239 | |
| Letters to the Editor:— | ||
| Dr. Livingstone's Explorations—Dr. Beke | 240 | |
| Food of Oceanic Animals—Dr. Wallich | 241 | |
| Colouring of the Cuckoo's Egg—Cecil Smith | 242 | |
| The Cloaca Maxima—W. Hope | 243 | |
| Hydro-carbon Colours—T. W. Freckelton | 243 | |
| Notes. | 243 | |
| Scientific Serials. | 245 | |
| Botany. | 246 | |
| Chemistry. | 246 | |
| Mineralogy | 246 | |
| Zoology. | 246 | |
| Societies. | 247 | |
| Diary. | 250 | |